Letters in verse — to friends, patrons, and his own anxieties. The first book is Horace at his most reflective: a middle-aged man trying to work out what philosophy he actually believes and whether it matters. Warmer and more personal than the Odes. These are the poems of a man who has stopped performing and started thinking out loud.
Start ReadingTwenty verse-letters on philosophy, poetry, and the art of living. The tone is intimate, wise, and gently self-mocking.
Three long literary epistles, including the Ars Poetica — Horace's treatise on how to write well.